Jun 24, 2013 ... Veetek Witkowski holds a newly assembled AR-15 rifle at the Stag Arms
company ... There's a lot of name-calling in the gun control debate. ... the 1960s,
but Diaz says their popularity really took off in the 1980s, after Chinese ...

Sep 25, 2014 ... From police tactical units to three-gun sport shooters; the AR-15 is ever present in
America. ... the Pentagon; the rifle has been a target for gun-control advocates
and legislators ... But why has the AR-15 remained so popular?

Jun 15, 2016 ...AR-15 Owners Explain Why They Have Their Guns. ... even called it "America's
most popular rifle" in a blog post on its website earlier this year. ... In discussing
the public debate about the AR-15-type weapons that were used ...